Despite widespread hysteria to the contrary, the U.S. has absolutely no evidence that the election itself was actually “hacked,” and no conclusive proof even that the leaked Democratic emails are or were a Russian attempt to boost Donald Trump’s electoral chances.

If Vladimir Putin had any misgivings about the consequences of invading Ukraine and taking the Crimea, the Obama foreign policy team gave Putin every reason to launch his invasion by soft-peddling the Ukraine crisis and publicly attacking U.S. climate scientists instead.